Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [adj] position " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boy found himself in a peculiar position . |
| 2 | Charles also found himself in a difficult position . |
| 3 | So Dustin found himself in the odd position of acting in English , while all around him the cast spoke Italian . |
| 4 | He moved himself into a reclining position , head against the padded headrest . |
| 5 | The defense Department , a major user of At and T services , found itself in a new position yet still charged with statutory requirements regarding national security , emergency preparedness and defence of national interests . |
| 6 | The 34027 Locomotive Group found themselves in a similar position with a well-loaded train being cancelled within sight of the locomotive being prepared , so to speak . |
| 7 | The post-war commitment to full-employment increased their bargaining power ; the strike weapon in the context of a complex and interdependent economy meant that they could exert considerable pressure " through their capacity to disrupt and delay ; and as inflation came to be seen as the problem ( and as a problem caused by " excessive " wages demands backed by strikes ) so trade unions found themselves in a new position of strategic importance and power . |
| 8 | The refugee organisations now found themselves in a difficult position . |
| 9 | I found myself in the curious position of being the sponsor minister of the industry and also the minister ultimately answerable for health service spending . |
| 10 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge . |
| 11 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge |
| 12 | The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me . |
| 13 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've got ourselves into a great position , even over our closest rivals in fourth and fifth spot , ’ says Gunn , who is in his seventh season with Norwich . |
| 15 | He had got himself into a difficult position and had escaped with more luck than dignity . |
| 16 | Mourou , 42 , and his co-signatories apparently intended to disassociate themselves from the pro-Iraqi position of exiled Nahda president Rashid Ghannouchi . |
| 17 | He can not manoeuvre himself into the correct position . |
| 18 | That 's why they are determined to triumph on Tuesday and lift themselves into a respectable position in Group Three from which the favourites to qualify are Spain , Denmark and the Republic of Ireland . |
| 19 | To be a recipient is normally to put oneself in a subordinate position . |
| 20 | ‘ We have found ourselves in the unusual position of having created our own market . ’ |
| 21 | We find ourselves in an impossible position . |
| 22 | After the The Lancaster House agreement , Mike had found himself in a similar position to the rest of the Rhodesian Army — overqualified , over-trained , and unemployed . |
| 23 | One scholar has found himself in the awkward position of having to describe William Falconer , author of The Shipwreck , as ‘ a peasant of the sea ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Instead the council finds itself in an impossible position . ’ |
| 25 | At the first waves of other-worldly congregational sound Lee swung her body away from the sight of these people and curled herself into a womb-like position , hugging her waist with her arms . |
| 26 | ‘ You see , I find myself in a similar position . ’ |
| 27 | It thus appears that the formulators of the received tradition , with the exception of Mustakimzade ( who nevertheless provides the basis for the view taken by the later authors ) , have , by ignoring clear statements in the sources which they themselves use in regard to Abdulkerim , placed themselves in an untenable position also in regard to the dating of the Muftiliks of both Molla Husrev and Molla Arab . |
| 28 | Squatting : lower yourself into the squatting position , without putting too much stress on the knee joint . |
| 29 | Now , with both Liverpool and Everton among the also-rans the two men find themselves in the ironic position of standing in each others ' way with the Premier League championship up for grabs . |
| 30 | Neither would a sovereign state 's government necessarily want to oppose transnational corporations , for the former often find themselves in the unenviable position of needing the latter more than the latter need them . |